2027 Beneficiaries
of Elizabeth Toon Charities
Through strength-based partnership, ACH Child and Family Services brings resources and skills to children and families struggling with life's challenges. Together, we develop solutions that create safety, hope, love, and the capacity to thrive.
Café Momentum Dallas is more than a restaurant: Our mission is to transform young lives by equipping our community’s justice-involved youth with life skills, education, and employment opportunities to help them achieve their full potential. We believe in the potential of every young person, and our restaurant is a place where that belief is passed from one person to another, as community members dine together.
Clayton Dabney for Kids with Cancer
Clayton Dabney for Kids with Cancer provides anonymous assistance to financially struggling families with children in the final stages of terminal cancer, allowing them to create everlasting memories with their child.
The Dallas Hearing Foundation provides financial assistance for hearing healthcare along with meaningful community support and resources to underserved children and adults in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and beyond.
We exist to fulfill the potential of every young man in Lake Highlands without a father at home by providing mentoring, programs, and family support in the name of Jesus.
The mission of Jonathan’s Place is to provide a safe place, loving homes, and promising futures for abused and neglected children, teens, and young adults.
The mission of the Luke 18:1 Foundation is to find a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy by funding critical research and spreading awareness while providing resources that increase accessibility, independence, and aide in quality of life for individuals and families impacted by SMA.
Partner Charities
Charities that have been selected for annual support
Camp John Marc
www.campjohnmarc.org
Camp John Marc is a unique camp facility in Bosque County, Texas that serves children with chronic illnesses and major physical disabilities by making possible high-quality, year-round camping experiences. These experiences are motivated by the belief that every camper has the right to discovery and adventure in nature’s world, and deserves a chance to see, touch, play, and feel better. At Camp John Marc, Special Camps for Special Kids provides cooperative programming with the health organizations, community volunteers, and pediatric hospitals also dedicated to serving these children. Camp John Marc serves children and families, primarily from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, with a variety of special medical needs or major physical disabilities. Each session at camp is dedicated to a particular diagnosis and campers are chosen through partnering groups and organizations. Camp John Marc primarily partners with groups affiliated with Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital of Dallas and Cook Children’s Medical Center of Fort Worth. Camp John Marc utilizes community and medical volunteers to provide program support and quality medical care and treatment in the camp setting.
Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center
www.dcac.org
The mission of Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center is to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County and provide national leadership on child abuse issues. DCAC’s clients are children who have been sexually abused, severely physically abused, experienced extreme neglect, or witnessed a violent crime. They are referred by law enforcement or Child Protective Services to DCAC, come from all residential zip codes in Dallas County, and closely mirror the ethnic make-up of the community. The statistically average client is a 9-year-old girl who has been sexually abused by someone she knows and trusts.
Since opening its doors in 1991, DCAC has served more than 100,000 children and their non-offending family members. DCAC houses the Child Abuse Unit of the Dallas Police Department, six units of Child Protective Services, and a Dallas County Assistant District Attorney. DCAC’s coordinated approach to child abuse cases results in more successful investigation and prosecution while providing a less traumatic response to children and families. Children who are victimized need help to process what they have experienced and DCAC has a staff of expert therapists who can help the children heal. DCAC services are free of charge.
The Men of Nehemiah exists to rebuild the lives of men and families that have been torn apart by the vicious onslaught of alcohol and drug addiction.
Mercy Street exists to cultivate mutually transforming relationships with inner-city youth through Christian mentorship.
The mission of Reading Partners is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results.
Rooted in Como, Rivertree Academy partners with families to equip students to live well by following Jesus, pursuing academic excellence, and becoming catalysts of transformation in their community.
Our mission: To ignite the spark of creativity inherent in all children.
The Light Collective Ministries
The Light Collective Ministries walks alongside families in the Dallas/Fort Worth area as they transition from hospital to home following a child's major medical crisis, providing guidance, advocacy, and compassionate support at every step. No family should face the journey home alone.
Wesley-Rankin Community Center
In collaboration with our neighbors, Wesley-Rankin Community Center expands access to resources and designs tailored pathways for all ages to achieve educational success, unlock economic opportunity, and to thrive.
The Ashford Rise School of Dallas
www.risedallas.org
The purpose of the Ashford Rise School of Dallas is to provide the highest quality of early childhood education services to children with Down syndrome or other developmental disabilities and to children without disabilities by: providing exemplary services based on recommended practices to young children with diverse abilities and their families; offering instructional opportunities through collaboration with various academic programs at local colleges and universities; engaging in research that positively influences practice in the field of early childhood education at the local, state and national levels; interfacing with the community through outreach and public awareness activities; disseminating information and providing technical assistance to other community based agencies and affecting policy and systems change at the local, state and national levels. Since 1998, the Rise School of Dallas has continuously touched the lives of children who otherwise might not have received this type of specialized education.
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
scottishriteforchildren.org
Scottish Rite for Children is a world-renowned leader in the treatment of pediatric orthopedic conditions. The organization improves the care of children worldwide through innovative research and educational programs, training physicians from around the world. Scottish Rite treats children with orthopedic conditions, such as scoliosis, clubfoot, hand differences, hip disorders, limb lengthening, sports injuries and fractures, as well as certain related arthritic and neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. As a leading pediatric orthopedic institution, Scottish Rite has treated more than 380,000 children since its inception, has more than 250 active research projects and holds more than 50 patents. The organization takes a multidisciplinary approach to care, tailoring treatment to the individual needs of each child and family. Patients are provided the treatment they need regardless of a family’s ability to pay.